On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:41:40 +0100
Thomas Goirand <z...@debian.org> wrote:

> On 11/28/18 5:51 PM, Neil Williams wrote:
> > I'd expect at least python3-django to be in that list. Could be an
> > upstream bug in their setup.py  
> 
> From my experience, it's always best to explicitly express the  
> dependencies manually and not rely on upstream setup.py to do things
> correctly. Often, it doesn't.

That does have the weakness that if there are changes in the version
requirements, those won't get picked up as easily, adding to the
maintenance workload. I do think it's worth reporting such issues to
upstream. (I'd certainly want it reported for the projects where I am
part of upstream.)

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Neil Williams
h...@codehelp.co.uk

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